Montreal...

Today's post is my sunset post. The end of my travels (sort of), the end of the beautiful ocean crossing.

The end.

Wait! Wait! Wait! There will probably be more, there's always a night, another sunrise, and yet another day after a sunset, but this sunset post marks the end of the first circle of the globe.

I can't believe it's all over. In fact, it's all over plus a week already! I apologize for being so silent internet-wise, but somehow I felt like the pace of my trip accelerated after I got off the boat and I had a hard time to sit down and write. From last Monday, it was Athens for 1 night, London for 2 nights, then back to my home sweet home in Montreal.

Since then I've been running around, getting ready for the Shanghai trip, and also suffering a bit from what I will call Post Euphoric Voyage disorder. This is what you get when you've gone off on a big trip and then you finally get back home. For the traveller, the time away was awash with new adventures, new people, new sights, new ideas... Then you get back home and everything seems a bit, well, the _same_. It's a bit of a letdown and I often get a bit down after a holiday. "Oh poo", you say "You just spent 2 months travelling around the world and you're depressed? Pull yourself together man!". I guess you're right, but because a trip like this can be such a high, coming down off that high feels disproportionately low.

Don't worry, I'm not _that_ bummed. In fact, I'm super happy to be back in Montreal which, from all indications, is gearing up for quite a summer. Alas I will be slaving away in a sweatshop in Shanghai, instead of rollicking in the good times of Montreal Summer, but I can feel a bit of the fun already.

Over the next few days I'll be posting little "summaries" (or "high lights", as they are sometimes known) of my trip, with select pictures and such things, so stay tuned!